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ROLAND CHARMY (PARIS, FRANCE, 12 JANUARY 1908 – PARIS, FRANCE, 11 MARCH, 1987)

 

 

 

 

He was the son of the homonymous writer (1885–1959), whose real name was Charles Touchet. He taught at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1936, he married the celebrated harpist Lily Laskine. They are both buried, along with Roland Charmy Sr., at the Saint-Ouen Cemetery.

Students:

Patrick Bismuth

Earl Carlyss

Augustin Dumay

Ami Flammer

Gaëtane Prouvost

Bernard Wacheux

Michael Stepniak

Nejmi Succari

Lucia Lovano

France — in this case Paris — was the first country that had suffered from the German occupation to welcome Furtwängler after the war. In January 1948, the conductor appeared with the prestigious and long-established Conservatoire orchestra, l’Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris.

For two years the chief conductor had been André Cluytens, who succeeded Charles Munch in 1946; the presidency belonged by right to the director of the Conservatoire Supérieur, the composer Claude Delvincourt.

In November of the same year, Furtwängler returned for another series of three concerts, again at the Théâtre des Champs Élysées, which had replaced the old and historic hall of the Conservatoire on rue Bergère, long regarded as too cramped and unworthy of a metropolis like Paris. Note that these concerts were given just a few days after the German Requiem in Stockholm.

The programme could hardly be more classic, so there is nothing to add, except the name of the orchestra’s leader, who no doubt took the great violin solo in Schumann’s Fourth: Roland Charmy.

Concert in Paris, November 1948

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Chamber Concerto (Berg) I. Thema scherzoso con variazioni with Jacques-Louis Monod (piano), The Paris Chamber Orchestra René Leibowitz Conductor
2. Chamber Concerto (Berg) II. Adagio The Paris Chamber Orchestra (Berg) with Jacques-Louis Monod (piano), The Paris Chamber Orchestra René Leibowitz Conductor
3. Chamber Concerto (Berg) III. Rondo ritmico con introduzione (Cadenza) (Berg) with Jacques-Louis Monod (piano), The Paris Chamber Orchestra René Leibowitz Conductor
4. Concerto pour violon in G Minor, RV 577 Per l’orchestra di Dresda (Vivaldi) I. Allegro Fernand Oubradous Chamber Orchestra
5. Concerto pour violon in G Minor, RV 577 Per l’orchestra di Dresda (Vivaldi) II. Largo non molto Fernand Oubradous Chamber Orchestra
6. Concerto pour violon in G Minor, RV 577 Per l’orchestra di Dresda (Vivaldi) III. Allegro Fernand Oubradous Chamber Orchestra
7. Sonatina for Flute, Violin and Piano (Fred Barlow) I. Allegro vivo, quasi presto with Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) and Geneviève Joy (piano)
8. Sonatina for Flute, Violin and Piano (Fred Barlow) II. Adagietto with Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) and Geneviève Joy (piano)
9. Sonatina for Flute, Violin and Piano (Fred Barlow) III. Finale with Jean-Pierre Rampal and Geneviève Joy
10. Symphonie Concertante in C major for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon (Haydn) I. Allegro with Myrtil Morel (oboe), Fernand Oubradous (bassoon) and André Navarra (cello) L’Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire De Paris, Charles Munch
11. Symphonie Concertante in C major for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon (Haydn) II. Andante with Myrtil Morel (oboe), Fernand Oubradous (bassoon) and André Navarra (cello) L’Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire De Paris, Charles Munch
12. Symphonie Concertante in C major for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon (Haydn) III. Allegro con spirito with Myrtil Morel (oboe), Fernand Oubradous (bassoon) and André Navarra (cello) L’Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire De Paris, Charles Munch
13. Trio for Violin, Cello & Harp (Clairmon) I. Con Moto with Lili Laskine (harp) and Jules Lemaire (cello)
14. Trio for Violin, Cello & Harp (Clairmon) II. Adagio with Lili Laskine (harp) and Jules Lemaire (cello)
15. Trio for Violin, Cello & Harp (Clairmon) III. Allegro Ma Non Troppo with Lili Laskine (harp) and Jules Lemaire (cello)
16. Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp (Ibert) I. Allegro tranquillo with Charles Bartsch (cello) and Jacqueline Ibert (harp)
17. Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp (Ibert) II. Andante sostenuto with Charles Bartsch (cello) and Jacqueline Ibert (harp)
18. Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp (Ibert) III. Scherzando con moto with Charles Bartsch (cello) and Jacqueline Ibert (harp)
19. Violin Sonata In E Minor, K. 304 (Mozart) II. Tempo Di Minuetto with Vlado Perlemuter (piano)
20. Violin Sonata In E Minor, K. 304 (Mozart) I. Allegro with Vlado Perlemuter (piano)